HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 2022-38RESOLUTION NO. 2022=38
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR
ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES STATEMENTS
SUBMITTED TO THE VOTERS AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8120220
WHEREAS, §13307 of the Elections Code of the State of California provides that
the governing body of any local agency adopt regulations pertaining to materials prepared
by any candidate for a municipal election, including costs of the candidates' statement.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS. That pursuant to §13307 of the Elections
Code of the State of California, each candidate for elective office to be voted for at an
Election to be held in the City of Diamond Bar on November 8, 2022 may prepare a
candidates' statement on an appropriate form provided by the City Clerk. The statement
may include the name, age and occupation of the candidate and a brief description of no
more than 200 words of the candidate's education and qualifications expressed by the
candidate himself or herself. The statement shall not include party affiliation of the
candidate, nor membership or activity in partisan political organizations. The statement
shall be filed in typewritten form in the office of the City Clerk at the time the candidate's
nomination papers are filed. The statement may be withdrawn, but not changed, during
the period for filing nomination papers and until 5:00 p.m. of the next working day after
the close of the nomination period.
Section 2. FOREIGN LANGUAGE POLICY.
A. Pursuant to the Federal Voting Rights Act, candidates' statements will be
translated into all languages required by the County of Los Angeles.
B. The County will print and mail voter
statements to only those voters who
Section 3. PAYMENT.
A. Translations:
information guides and candidates'
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1. The candidate shall not be required to pay for the cost of translating the
candidates' statement into any required foreign language as specified in
(A) and/or (B) of Section 2 above pursuant to Federal and\or State law.
B. Printing:
1. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the
candidates' statement in English in the main voter pamphlet.
2. The candidate shall be required to pay for the cost of printing the
candidates' statement in Spanish, in the main voter pamphlet.
The City Clerk shall estimate the total cost of printing, handling, translating, and mailing
the candidates' statements filed pursuant to this section, including costs incurred as a
result of complying with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (as amended), and require each
candidate filing a statement to pay in advance to the local agency his or her estimated
pro rata share as a condition of having his or her statement included in the voter's
pamphlet. In the event the estimated payment is required, the estimate is just an
approximation of the actual cost that varies from one election to another election and may
be significantly more or less than the estimate, depending on the actual number of
candidates filing statements. Accordingly, the City Clerk is not bound by the estimate and
may, on a pro rata basis, bill the candidate for additional actual expense or refund any
excess paid depending on the final actual cost. In the event of underpayment, the City
Clerk may require the candidate to pay the balance of the cost incurred. In the event of
overpayment, the City Clerk shall prorate the excess amount among the candidates and
refund the excess amount paid within 30 days of the election.
Section 4. MISCELLANEOUS.
A. All translations shall be provided by professionally -certified translators.
B. The City Clerk shall allow bold type, underlining, capitalization, indentations,
bullets and/or leading hyphens to the same extent and manner as allowed in
previous City elections.
C. The City Clerk shall comply with all recommendations and standards set forth
by the California Secretary of State regarding occupational designations and
other matters relating to elections.
Section 5. ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. No candidate will be permitted to
include additional materials in the voter information guide.
Section 6. That the City Clerk shall provide each candidate or the candidate's
representative a copy of this Resolution at the time nominating petitions are issued.
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Section 7. That all previous resolutions establishing council policy on payment
for candidates' statements are repealed.
Section 8. That this resolution shall apply only to the election to be held on
November 8, 2022 and shall then be repealed.
Section 9. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21St day of June, 2022.
ATTEST:
I, Kristina Santana, City Clerk for the
foregoing resolution, was duly passed, appr
City of Diamond Bar at a regular meeting
following vote:
CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
Ruth IVI. Low, Mayor
City of Diamond Bar, hereby certify that the
>ved and adopted by the City Council of the
geld on the 21st day of June, 2022, by the
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Liu, Lyons, Tye, MPT/Chou, M/Low
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
Kristina Santana, City Clerk
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